Quinton Ross News

The Mavericks have entered the embryonic stage of forming a defensive presence. Now the hard part starts.

Heckling by Los Angeles Clippers fans may have led to the Mavericks' Drew Gooden saying some allegedly insensitive comments during the Mavericks' game at Staples Center on Saturday.

Dirk Nowitzki had 24 points and nine rebounds, leading the Dallas Mavericks to a 93-84 victory over the winless Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday night.

The Mavericks have never come to the greater Los Angeles area and won back-to-back games against the LA teams.

Dallas head coach Rick Carlisle's wish for a strong defensive effort from his team didn't come true on his 50th birthday Tuesday night.

The Clippers spent a good part of Tuesday's practice working on defensive rotations.

Look around the gym the Mavericks are using, and you see one player's face plastered on the wall.

The Mavericks are 15 days away from opening their 30th training camp. There are plenty of questions about their veteran club that won't be answered until the 82-game grind and a presumed playoff run play themselves out.

As young athletes map out their future, careers of "going pro" are few and far between.

The Los Angeles Clippers introduced Rasual Butler this afternoon to the local media at their training facility in Playa Vista.

The Mavericks will visit with NBA forward Tim Thomas today and if things go well, they may sign the 12-year veteran, an NBA source said Monday.

The Spurs landed free agent Antonio McDyess on Wednesday in another big offseason pickup for the aging NBA power that apparently isn't ready to fade away just yet.

Share + Jul 8, 2009 1:34 pm US/Central 1 of 1 Quinton Ross #13 of the Memphis Grizzlies looks on during the game against the Golden State Warriors at Oracle Arena on March 30, 2009 in Oakland, California.

Mark Cuban said this morning that he had a great visit with Jason Kidd in New York shortly after midnight and that "it's up to us to work on the details, but I'm very optimistic.'' Kidd can't sign anything until July 8, but contracts can be agreed to anytime now that the free-agent period has begun.

By Brian Robb , CelticsHub.com June 16th, 2:35 pm Filed under: Features Offseason On a day where Celtics nation is being fueled by speculation of trades of members of the starting five that are unlikely to happen, I figure it would be a good time to step back and take a look at the more likely scenario to occur this offseason: Danny Ainge refilling ...

Watching the postseason over the past couple of weeks has offered a reminder that the NBA, at its essence, is a game of exploiting mismatches in the halfcourt.